Registration Requirements
The required retroactive application of requirements will be defined by criteria relating to the nature of their sex offenses, not by severity or risk of re-offense, nor will it differentiate between violent or nonviolent offenses. For example, a Tier 3 sex offender who was released from imprisonment for such an offense in 1930 will still have to register for the remainder of his or her life. A Tier 2 sex offender convicted in 1980 is already more than 25 years out from the time of release. A Tier 1 will have to register for 10–15 years. In such cases, a jurisdiction may credit the sex offender with the time elapsed from his or her release.
Juveniles 14 years of age or older at the time of offense are required to register only if they fit into the third (most serious) tier and were tried as adults. Such juveniles will be subject to all the same registration requirements as other Tier 3 offenders.
Read more about this topic: Adam Walsh Child Protection And Safety Act